Say Nothing weaves the unsolved case of a disappeared Belfast mother into a history of the Troubles
…phrase — “Whatever you say, say nothing” — featured in an Irish Republican Army (IRA) propaganda poster warning potential informers and a 1975 poem by the Irish Nobel laureate Seamus…
Susan Choi sets her novel Trust Exercise at the intersection of fact and fiction
…social world has been almost completely upended, due in part to the machinations of their Theatre Arts teacher, Mr. Kingsley, the aptly named puppet-master of the CAPA universe. “Mr. Kingsley…
Shuly Xóchitl Cawood mines the nuances of daily life in A Small Thing to Want
In A Small Thing to Want, a collection of short stories by Johnson City writer Shuly Xóchitl Cawood, the most vital moments are often the most private. Cawood’s stories occupy…
Alia Volz pays tribute to her mother’s enterprising marijuana brownie business in Home Baked
…as Meridy and Doug’s personal lives, and they became highly prized among Sticky Fingers customers. Many of these designs illustrate the book, adding dimension and whimsy to Volz’s story. Volz…
The characters of Katy Simpson Smith’s The Everlasting span the long, winding history of Rome
…Wilderness,” the novel’s modern-day storyline, American biologist Tom has undertaken a research study of Rome’s waters. Tom is captivated by his study’s subjects — tiny crustaceans that appear to survive…
Patti Smith chronicles her idiosyncratic path through the creative life in Year of the Monkey
…bearing witness to music’s alchemical power in a volatile world. Smith’s latest dispatch from her nomadic travels, Year of the Monkey, also reflects the surreal confusion of our fractured, threatening…
